The strength of this project comes from the unique partnerships and cross-institution collaboration that define it.
Sitka Sound Science Center
Lauren Bell
Research Biologist
Lead diver & scientist on abalone project; USCGA cadet mentor and lead scientist on kelp project
Victoria O'Connell
Research Director
Primary Investigator, Coastal Resilience project
Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Mike Donnellan
Dive Fisheries Research
Lead author for study methodology and dive support on abalone project; lead scientist on NMFS-funded ADF&G abalone surveys in southern Southeast Alaska
Kyle Herbert
Dive Fisheries Research
Scientific and dive support on abalone project
University of California Santa Cruz
Taylor White
Graduate Researcher, Past SSSC Aquarium Manager
Lead diver & scientist on abalone project; expanding from this project into her own PhD research on pinto abalone in Southeast AK
Peter Raimondi
Professor, Chair of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Dept.
Scientific support on abalone project
United States Coast Guard Academy
Lucy Vlietstra
Professor of Marine Science
Designed and implemented science internship opportunity for USCGA cadets in Sitka as partnership between SSSC & Air Station Sitka